The most luminous cadence in Grounded comes when the chorus sings “Boom” as a missile from a Reaper drone obliterates its ...
Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s bloodless “Grounded,” about a fighter pilot turned dissociating drone operator, stars the ...
Once upon a time, playwright George Brant wrote a monodrama called “Grounded,” about the travails of a fighter pilot of F-16 ...
Live in HD season will continue with two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori and librettist George Brant’s new ...
At the Metropolitan Opera, Jeanine Tesori’s work about an American drone pilot proves eerie and emotionally resonant; ...
New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera will open its season Monday with "Grounded," a work that explores technological ...
As I pass through the sliding doors and emerge through the other side of the building, into the sprawling field, the drone of the instruments finally takes shape. A small bonfire quietly kicks its ...
Jeanine Tesori will become the first woman composer to open the season for the Metropolitan Opera in its 141-year history.
Mimi Lien’s set is dominated by 224 LED tiles ... “colored with the overall context of drone warfare and surveillance and the ...